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Publication - Statistics

The Scottish Health Survey 2011: Volume 1 - Adults

Published
25 September 2012
Topic
Health and social care
ISBN
9781780458410

Annual report of the Scottish Health Survey for 2011. Volume focussing on adult health

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Table 5.2 Urinary sodium (Na), potassium (K) and creatinine (Cre), Na/Cre ratio, K/Cre ratio, 2003, 2008-2011 combined, by age and sex

Aged 16 and over with a valid urine sample
2003, 2008-2011 combined

Urinary sodium, potassium, creatinine (mmol/l) Age Total
16-44 45-64 65+
Men
2003
Sodium (mmol/l)
Mean 144.6 120.0 105.4 129.3
Standard error of the mean 5.87 4.34 4.05 3.69
5th percentile 33 37 33 34
10th percentile 60 50 44 51
Median 143 118 106 125
90th percentile 227 200 160 215
95th percentile 241 218 186 230
Potassium (mmol/l)
Mean 70.2 68.2 56.2 67.1
Standard error of the mean 2.63 2.76 2.65 1.70
5th percentile 17 20 18 18
10th percentile 28 24 22 26
Median 69 61 54 63
90th percentile 114 125 92 115
95th percentile 128 134 103 129
Creatinine (mmol/l)
Mean 15.3 14.4 11.4 14.3
Standard error of the mean 0.60 0.69 0.62 0.37
5th percentile 5.2 3.3 3.2 3.8
10th percentile 6.5 5.1 4.4 5.6
Median 14.7 14.0 10.5 13.9
90th percentile 24.8 23.2 19.8 23.5
95th percentile 28.6 27.5 23.4 27.5
Na/Cre ratio
Mean 10.8 10.1 13.1 10.9
Standard error of the mean 0.49 0.56 1.95 0.42
5th percentile 3.7 3.5 3.3 3.5
10th percentile 4.9 4.1 4.9 4.7
Median 10.0 9.0 9.3 9.5
90th percentile 17.7 16.2 20.2 17.7
95th percentile 20.1 21.8 30.8 21.8
K/Cre ratio
Mean 5.1 5.2 5.6 5.2
Standard error of the mean 0.19 0.21 0.28 0.13
5th percentile 1.8 2.4 2.8 2.0
10th percentile 2.3 2.8 3.1 2.6
Median 4.7 4.7 5.0 4.7
90th percentile 8.1 8.1 7.9 8.1
95th percentile 9.6 10.0 9.6 9.6
2008-2011
Sodium (mmol/l)
Mean 132.1 112.4 98.9 119.4
Standard error of the mean 2.82 2.15 2.06 1.61
5th percentile 36 30 36 34
10th percentile 49 45 44 46
Median 134 107 96 115
90th percentile 210 186 161 196
95th percentile 230 208 175 216
Potassium (mmol/l)
Mean 66.3 68.0 57.8 65.3
Standard error of the mean 1.73 1.44 1.39 1.00
5th percentile 15 18 19 17
10th percentile 22 26 25 23
Median 61 66 54 61
90th percentile 115 114 97 112
95th percentile 134 125 113 129
Creatinine (mmol/l)
Mean 13.7 11.6 9.7 12.3
Standard error of the mean 0.33 0.25 0.26 0.19
5th percentile 3.4 2.6 2.6 2.8
10th percentile 4.5 3.6 3.6 3.9
Median 13.6 11.2 9.3 11.7
90th percentile 22.4 19.2 16.5 20.5
95th percentile 26.2 22.3 19.0 24.3
Na/Cre ratio
Mean 11.5 11.7 12.7 11.8
Standard error of the mean 0.30 0.28 0.42 0.19
5th percentile 3.5 3.8 3.9 3.6
10th percentile 4.5 4.9 4.9 4.7
Median 10.6 10.4 10.9 10.6
90th percentile 18.8 19.6 21.8 20.0
95th percentile 22.9 23.7 27.9 23.9
K/Cre ratio
Mean 5.3 6.5 6.5 5.9
Standard error of the mean 0.12 0.11 0.12 0.07
5th percentile 2.1 3.0 3.4 2.4
10th percentile 2.4 3.5 3.9 2.9
Median 4.9 6.1 6.0 5.5
90th percentile 9.0 10.1 9.6 9.6
95th percentile 10.6 11.5 11.2 11.0
Women
2003
Sodium (mmol/l)
Mean 118.7 93.3 90.9 104.3
Standard error of the mean 4.54 3.66 4.07 2.88
5th percentile 28 25 24 26
10th percentile 38 32 36 36
Median 113 83 88 97
90th percentile 206 176 149 189
95th percentile 236 195 182 214
Potassium (mmol/l)
Mean 65.7 53.9 50.2 58.3
Standard error of the mean 2.99 2.05 2.48 1.57
5th percentile 13 16 14 14
10th percentile 17 19 18 19
Median 63 48 43 52
90th percentile 117 95 94 108
95th percentile 142 117 107 132
Creatinine (mmol/l)
Mean 12.2 8.8 8.6 10.3
Standard error of the mean 0.56 0.37 0.45 0.30
5th percentile 2.4 2.0 2.1 2.2
10th percentile 3.6 2.4 2.7 2.8
Median 11.7 7.9 7.4 9.3
90th percentile 20.8 16.6 15.7 19.1
95th percentile 24.2 18.7 19.4 22.1
Na/Cre ratio
Mean 11.9 13.4 15.8 13.3
Standard error of the mean 0.54 0.64 1.34 0.46
5th percentile 3.7 4.1 3.2 3.6
10th percentile 4.2 5.3 4.6 4.8
Median 10.9 11.6 11.9 11.3
90th percentile 19.8 22.2 26.9 22.2
95th percentile 23.9 26.4 40.4 27.3
K/Cre ratio
Mean 5.9 7.2 6.7 6.5
Standard error of the mean 0.18 0.27 0.27 0.14
5th percentile 2.0 2.9 3.1 2.6
10th percentile 2.8 3.4 3.4 3.1
Median 5.5 6.4 6.1 6.0
90th percentile 9.5 12.2 10.1 10.5
95th percentile 10.5 13.3 12.7 12.5
2008-2011
Sodium (mmol/l)
Mean 111.7 83.7 77.9 95.0
Standard error of the mean 2.46 1.83 2.00 1.40
5th percentile 25 19 23 23
10th percentile 34 27 29 30
Median 100 76 71 85
90th percentile 204 151 135 183
95th percentile 226 179 161 206
Potassium (mmol/l)
Mean 62.7 55.9 51.8 58.1
Standard error of the mean 1.49 1.27 1.27 0.86
5th percentile 13 13 15 13
10th percentile 18 17 20 18
Median 56 49 46 51
90th percentile 117 103 93 109
95th percentile 135 123 111 128
Creatinine (mmol/l)
Mean 10.3 7.8 7.5 8.9
Standard error of the mean 0.24 0.20 0.23 0.14
5th percentile 2.2 1.4 1.6 1.7
10th percentile 3.1 2.0 2.2 2.3
Median 9.6 6.7 6.6 7.8
90th percentile 18.3 15.6 13.9 16.6
95th percentile 21.0 17.0 16.9 19.4
Na/Cre ratio
Mean 13.3 14.2 14.6 13.9
Standard error of the mean 0.32 0.35 0.62 0.23
5th percentile 3.7 3.4 2.7 3.4
10th percentile 5.0 5.0 4.3 4.9
Median 11.8 12.2 11.7 11.8
90th percentile 24.3 25.5 25.2 24.7
95th percentile 28.6 31.7 37.4 30.6
K/Cre ratio
Mean 6.8 8.4 8.2 7.6
Standard error of the mean 0.13 0.14 0.19 0.09
5th percentile 2.4 3.7 3.8 3.0
10th percentile 3.1 4.3 4.2 3.7
Median 6.2 7.5 7.3 6.9
90th percentile 11.2 13.7 13.3 12.4
95th percentile 13.0 15.9 16.6 15.2
All adults
2003
Sodium (mmol/l)
Mean 131.3 106.8 96.6 116.1
Standard error of the mean 4.35 2.72 3.21 2.76
5th percentile 30 27 26 29
10th percentile 45 39 38 40
Median 125 101 94 110
90th percentile 220 184 157 202
95th percentile 238 208 186 222
Potassium (mmol/l)
Mean 67.9 61.1 52.5 62.5
Standard error of the mean 1.86 1.71 1.80 1.13
5th percentile 14 17 15 16
10th percentile 22 21 20 21
Median 65 56 47 58
90th percentile 116 115 94 110
95th percentile 137 132 107 131
Creatinine (mmol/l)
Mean 13.7 11.6 9.7 12.2
Standard error of the mean 0.44 0.40 0.35 0.25
5th percentile 2.8 2.3 2.2 2.4
10th percentile 4.7 3.1 3.2 3.6
Median 13.1 10.4 8.7 11.4
90th percentile 23.3 21.1 18.3 22.0
95th percentile 26.4 23.6 21.4 25.0
Na/Cre ratio
Mean 11.4 11.7 14.7 12.2
Standard error of the mean 0.38 0.42 1.28 0.32
5th percentile 3.7 3.6 3.2 3.5
10th percentile 4.4 4.7 4.7 4.7
Median 10.6 10.2 11.2 10.4
90th percentile 19.0 20.2 24.1 20.2
95th percentile 23.3 24.0 33.3 25.4
K/Cre ratio
Mean 5.5 6.2 6.3 5.9
Standard error of the mean 0.14 0.18 0.20 0.11
5th percentile 1.9 2.6 3.0 2.3
10th percentile 2.5 3.0 3.4 2.9
Median 5.2 5.3 5.5 5.3
90th percentile 9.0 10.7 9.6 9.6
95th percentile 10.1 12.5 12.6 11.3
2008-2011
Sodium (mmol/l)
Mean 122.0 97.7 87.2 106.9
Standard error of the mean 1.94 1.50 1.52 1.15
5th percentile 29 23 24 26
10th percentile 41 32 34 36
Median 117 92 83 99
90th percentile 206 172 148 190
95th percentile 227 194 169 213
Potassium (mmol/l)
Mean 64.5 61.8 54.4 61.6
Standard error of the mean 1.20 1.03 0.98 0.70
5th percentile 14 15 16 15
10th percentile 20 20 22 20
Median 60 59 50 56
90th percentile 116 109 94 111
95th percentile 134 125 112 129
Creatinine (mmol/l)
Mean 12.0 9.7 8.5 10.5
Standard error of the mean 0.22 0.17 0.18 0.13
5th percentile 2.5 1.8 1.8 2.0
10th percentile 3.6 2.5 2.5 2.9
Median 11.5 9.0 7.6 9.8
90th percentile 20.7 17.4 15.2 19.0
95th percentile 24.4 20.0 18.3 22.1
Na/Cre ratio
Mean 12.4 13.0 13.7 12.9
Standard error of the mean 0.22 0.24 0.40 0.16
5th percentile 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.5
10th percentile 4.7 5.0 4.6 4.8
Median 11.1 11.1 11.4 11.2
90th percentile 21.9 22.4 24.0 22.5
95th percentile 26.8 28.2 30.0 27.8
K/Cre ratio
Mean 6.0 7.4 7.5 6.8
Standard error of the mean 0.09 0.09 0.13 0.06
5th percentile 2.2 3.2 3.6 2.6
10th percentile 2.7 3.8 4.0 3.2
Median 5.5 6.8 6.6 6.2
90th percentile 10.1 11.9 11.8 11.1
95th percentile 11.8 14.1 14.7 13.0
Bases (weighted):
Men 2003 256 188 91 535
Men 2008-2011 903 643 338 1884
Women 2003 269 183 142 594
Women 2008-2011 894 670 428 1992
All adults 2003 525 371 233 1129
All adults 2008-2011 1797 1313 766 3876
Bases (unweighted):
Men 2003 193 197 118 508
Men 2008-2011 588 660 466 1714
Women 2003 256 235 149 640
Women 2008-2011 816 822 531 2169
All adults 2003 449 432 267 1148
All adults 2008-2011 1404 1482 997 3883

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